“Our task now is de-escalation”: the German defense minister ruled out the supply of weapons to Kiev

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht rejected the possibility of supplying weapons from Germany to Kiev, since diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict around have not been exhausted, and the dialogue continues. She stated this in an interview with the Funke media group.

“The German government has long — and in previous legislative periods — adhered to a clear position according to which we do not supply weapons to crisis regions in order to further aggravate the situation there,” the minister was quoted by TASS as saying.

She stressed that the partners “are again sitting at the negotiating table, for example, in the Russia-NATO Council and in the Normandy format.” “Therefore, our task now is de-escalation. We want to resolve this conflict peacefully,” Lambrecht made it clear.

At the same time, she advocated the speedy acquisition of drones capable of carrying weapons.

Meanwhile, it became known that Israel does not want Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to supply Kiev with weapons sold by Tel Aviv.

At the same time, Reuters, citing two unnamed US officials, estimated that Ukrainian military losses in the event of an “invasion” by Russia could range from 5,000 to 25,000 people.

Recall that back in November-December last year, the world media was filled with the topic of the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that should follow. According to the authors and experts of these publications, a sign of “invasion” is the concentration of Russian military equipment in the regions bordering Ukraine. Among the likely sanctions are both the shutdown of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as well as restrictions against Russian energy companies, and the shutdown of the SWIFT interbank settlement system.